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News in brief – 15/09/21
Little Island Fur Con announces online event Starting from Singapore, Little Island Fur Con, or LIFC, has scheduled a virtual event Nov 18. The event, called LIFC Online, is set to break regional records again. This is because it will be Southeast Asia’s very first, and Asia’s third furry convention to do so. LIFC Online […]
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Prior vaccination and negative coronavirus tests mandated by a growing number of furcons
Furry fandom social events are slowly regaining traction as COVID-19 slows down. Thus, more furcons are needing attendees to get vaccinated or have a negative test prior. Some furcons also have said they will no longer allow exemptions based on religion. Furcons are doing this after a few furries say they got COVID-19 after attending […]
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The political ‘backdoor’: Upcoming Oklahoma furcon FreeFurAll under fire due to claimed political motivation
Despite the pandemic’s momentum in the past year, many furries have planned for a post-pandemic future, including new furry events. On Wednesday (Sept 1), US non-profit Anthro West Open Organization, or AWOO, announced a new furcon named FreeFurAll. It will be held in the US state of Oklahoma. Their image then soured, as many furries […]
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Digging up Positivity – Furry charity and good news – August 2021
Welcome to the August edition of Digging Up Positivity! Slowly we are sliding into convention season and of course this comes with plenty of the traditional charitable goals. Speaking of which, this months featurette has a big role with that in South Africa. We have some animation news, and we see where badgers teach traffic […]
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Megaplex holds large furry gathering – one fur tests positive for COVID
Just recently, one of the eight largest furry conventions opened its doors to an in-person gathering. Megaplex 2021 saw 2,889 attendees on the first weekend of August 2021, ~80% of 2019’s pre-pandemic total. $50,000 was raised for the C.A.R.E. Foundation. Staff set COVID-19 policies and required masks in most cases, doing their best to make guests comfortable while cautious of the viral crisis that plagues […]
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From threat to blame: The closure of Rocky Mountain Fur Con
DISCLAIMER: The content from paragraph two to four and in the subsequent photograph may be uncomfortable for some readers. Discretion is advised. US-based convention Rocky Mountain Fur Con (RMFC) should have been held August 11-13, 2017, themed “Carnival Nocturne”. But, it was cancelled 4 months early on 10 April. This is due to a controversy […]
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Chinese convention Super Furry Fusion cancels event a day ahead of schedule
Source link: 极兽聚的动态-哔哩哔哩 (bilibili.com) China’s largest furry convention, Super Furry Fusion has just announced the cancellation of this year’s event slated on Aug 1, following consultation with local authorities since the presence of the COVID-19 Delta variant in the neighbouring province of Jiangsu. Dear attendees, we are very sorry to inform you that after consultation […]
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Australian kangaroo mascots for Olympics-themed commemorative collection fire up furry attention
As the Tokyo Summer Olympics approaches, Australian supermarket chain Woolworths is in for a surprise. Their Aussie Heroes‘ mascot characters had became a hot furry fandom tourist hotspot. The Hockey and Surfing Kangaroos, as well as Sydney Paralympics 2000 mascot Lizzie, adorned the designs front and centre. It came in the forms of stickers, comic […]
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Anthro East Coast closes after four years of operations; barbecue picnic event to continue
Canadian convention Anthro East Coast, or AEC, has recently confirmed that the furcon will close, and its parent company will disband by September. This came after the furcon has announced their search for a new chairperson in April after their former leader stepped down in March. Reaching out for more planning volunteers always have left […]
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Australia piques furry interest in 2021 Summer Olympics with anthro characters
Not since the 1980s have anthropomorphic animals and the Olympics come together more than in the news out of Australia in the past few weeks. As the Summer Olympics get ready to begin after a year’s delay due to the global pandemic, one artist has brought some furry thunder for the teams Down Under. Australian artist Landeg was […]
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News in brief – 20/7/2021
FinFur Animus 2021 cancelled First in Europe, in view of rising local COVID-19 cases and the increasing prevalence of the Delta variant globally, Finnish convention FinFur Animus has cancelled their event this year. In a statement released Tuesday (July 13) however, they say a ‘smaller one or two-day gathering’ that’s held in the same original […]
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News in brief – 14/6/2021
Howloween Canadian convention Howloween recently announced that their vice chairman Temrin is stepping down. They say she did so to refocus on her personal life goals. Western Pennsylvania Furry Weekend (WPAFW) To the US, West Pennsylvania Furry Weekend is pushing back pre-registrations for their 2021 event, until at least July 14. The furcon says that […]
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The Furterview: European and Asian furries launch furry news channels to inform the fandom more
With the furry fandom continuously spreading and developing along the Internet’s wave since the 80s, there has been an increasing amount of initiatives that aim to bring furry fandom news to the broader community. Alongside developed furry news outlets like Dogpatch Press, Furry News Network (FNN) and Flayrah that’s popular within the Western furry fandom, […]
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Commentary: Furry frugality on fursuit making
“Van Hill Millvele (fursona name Janky the Fuzzy Life Coach) is a writer of clean romantic space fantasy novels with anthropomorphic elements.” Allauthor.com I will be honest with you: “frugal” and “furry” are words that don’t usually work well together. Though, that doesn’t have to be true. Talking about furries, you may think of those thousand-dollar […]
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Keywords and hashtags ‘furries’ and ‘furry twitter’ once again trend on social media platform Twitter
Excitement flies through the furry fandom, as many furries reported that the hashtags and keywords of ‘furries’ and ‘furry twitter’ have trended on social media platform Twitter. Many furries pointed to one of Twitter’s recent post on their official account showing a GIF of their logo with a furry outlook while also captioning, ‘Furry Twitter’, […]
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Aurawra 2021 postponed as the COVID-19 Delta variant spreads locally
To Australia, Sydney convention Aurawra has postponed their physical event to next year, following cases involving the more contagious COVID-19 Delta variant that is starting to appear locally; the city right now is under a two-week lockdown. Attendees can choose to get ticket refunds by contacting the furcon’s email, and registrations for this year will […]
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Camp Tiny Paws announces physical event closure; last event to hold virtually in August
In spite of COVID-19 vaccines rolling out globally, some businesses and events impacted by the pandemic had to fold out. US-based convention Camp Tiny Paws recently announced Thursday (Jul 1) they will be closing the furcon indefinitely. According to the furcon, this decision came about with their hotel venue now closed and prices at other […]
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Anthrocon requests solutions as unscrupulous dealers become an increasing issue in the dens
A few weeks ago, con chairman Samuel Conway wrote a Twitter thread about how a customer was stiffed by a seller in the Dealer’s Den at Anthrocon. OK, I just deleted a long thread where I detailed how an unscrupulous fursuit maker made Anthrocon look bad in the eyes of our friends in Pittsburgh. I intended […]
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Digging up Positivity – Furry charity and good news – June 2021
Welcome to the June edition of Digging Up Positivity! This month we cover some animation, of course charities, and our featurette is a Paco Panda from Mexico. This episode you will have a chance to win a lovely hard cover comic book by him. How? I will explain near the end of the video together […]
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Good Furry Award: YouTuber and fursuiter Cassidy Civet named winner of 2021 award
After four months of nominations, the results are out for the 2021 winners of the Good Furry Award, an award that recognize furries for their outstanding contributions to the fandom. Furry YouTuber and musician Cassidy Civet, famously known for her appearance on the Eurovision Song Contest, is named award winner for this year. Nomination testimonials […]
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